单词 | flagellant |
释义 | flagellant/ˈfladʒ(ə)l(ə)nt / /fləˈdʒɛl(ə)nt /noun A person who subjects themselves or others to flogging, either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification.In mid-1349, Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull denouncing the flagellants as a heretical movement....
OriginLate 16th century: from Latin flagellant- 'whipping', from the verb flagellare, from flagellum 'whip' (see flagellum). |
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